Lift for cue-racks.



T. R. TREIBER.

LIFT FOR CUE RACKS.

APPLIOATION FILED 513F123. 1912.

1,066,555, Patented July 8, 1913.

A TTORNE Y UNITE THEODORE R. TREIBER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

LIFT FOR CUE-RACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Application filed September 3, 1912. Serial No. 718,330.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnononn It. Tlunnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lifts for Cue- R-acks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to lifts for one r: cks, and more particularly to a set of iinlividually operative lifts for holding cues in a rack, the principal object of the invention being to provide independent lift members which, when arranged in proper alinement, will interlock to form a substantially integral and rigid unit, whereby the ones may be held firmly in a rack, but which may be lifted individually to permit the removal of selected ones.

It is also an object of the invention to provide the lift members with stop and grip port'ons for holding each other in proper alinement and one holding position, and whereby individual members may be easily and quickly operated without disturbing other members in the set.

In accomplishing these objects, I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a cue rack equipped with lifts constructed according to my invention, illustrating the interlocking relation of the individual members and the manner of holding cues in a rack. Fig. II is an enlarged perspective View of three of the lift members, showing their interlocked relation. Fig. III is an enlarged detailed perspective of one of the lifts.

Referring more in detail to the parts 1 designates a cue rack of any ordinary construction, which is shown and described merely to illustrate the application and use of my improved lift, the rack shown comprising a base 2, having sockets 3 for re eeiving the butt ends of cues l, and a center rail 5, having recesses (3 within which the cues are adapted to rest.

The lifts, which form the subject matter of the invention, are adapted for mounting on the center rail of the rack, so that each may hold an individual one in place, or may be raised to allow the cue to be removed. l lach lift member is preferably const-ructed of sheet metal and comprises an oblong body having one end turned laterally to form a downwardly and rearwardly inclined stop head 8, having a keeper flange 5) extending rearwardly from its outer edge in a plane parallel with but spaced from the plane of the body. The opposite end of the body is beveled to parallel the head 8, so that it may seat flush against and rest on the head 8 of an adjacent lift when a set of lifts is assembled in a rack, and the lifts in alinement or holding position.

()11 the upper edge of each lift is a back turned lip 11, which is adapted to overlie the top edge of the center rail 6 to hold the lift in alineinent with others when the stop head of the adjacent member, against which it normally abuts, is rocked out of contact therewith.

Projecting forwardly from the upper edge of each lift, preferably adjacent the beveled end thereof, is an outturned lip 12, which serves as a linger hold whereby the lift may be raised to open the mouth of the cue recess when a cue is to be removed from a rack.

Each lock member has an aperture 13 in its body portion, near the upper angle of the seat 8, through which a pin 14]: is projected into the center rail in order to pivotally mount the lift on the rack, the apertures in all the lifts in a set being in the same relative position, so that when assembled on the rail the lifts will be in longitudinal alincment. I

Fixed to the center rail at the forward end of the lift set is a stationary keeper 15, having a head 8 and flange 9 similar to the head and flange of any of the lift members, and adapted for abutnnsnt by the beveled end of the forward lift in the set, so that the beveled end of the lift may seat within the stationary kcepe' and interlock therewith. The rear lift in the set has an inclined stop head 8 and keeper flange 9 adapted to overlie the beveled end of a stop plate 19, which is pern'lanently fixed on the center rail and serves to stop the rear lift in alinement with the others in the set.

l prelj'erably provide each lift with a lo11- gitudinal stiffening rib or corrugation, to prevent its bending should a one be pulled outwardly against the lift after the latter had been raised from its interlocking engagement with a forward keeper.

Presuming the parts to be constructed as described, the lifts are pivotally mounted on the center rail so that when in closed position the body of each will extend across the mouth of a cue recess, with its recessed end within the keeper portion of a forward member, the end lifts being stopped by the stationary members, and all the lifts held in alinement by the rail lips 11. It is apparent that when the lifts are in this position they will interlock, so that should a cue be pulled outwardly against its lift, the free end of the lift will beheld by the keeper flange of an adjacent member and obviate vending of the lift body. It is also apparent that when a cue is to be removed from the rack, the lift for that particular cue is raised through the medium of the finger hold 7, so that the body of the lift will pivot on the pin 13 and be moved to a vertical position, its loose end rising from the stop head of the forward lift, and its stop head and keeper flange moving freely downwardly over the loose end of a rearward lift. By arranging the inturned lip 11 near the pivotal end of each lift it may also serve as a stop for limiting the backward pivotal travel of the lift and insure its proper return when released. While one of the lifts is being raised, the member immediately in the rear thereof is held in alinement by the lip 11 which rests on the center rail, so that the alinement of all of the other lift memhers is maintained.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A lift for one racks, having an ofi'set Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

seat and a keeper flange at one end adapted for receiving a free end of an adjacent lift.

2. A lift for one racks, having a laterally offset keeper member adapted for interlocking an adjacent lift.

3. A lift for cue racks, having a laterally offset and downwardly angling seat atone end adapted for engagement by the end of an adjacent lift. r

4-. A lift for cue racks, having a rear-' wardly and downwardly inclined front edge, and having an offset seat at its rear edge extending in a plane parallel with that of the front edge.

5. A lift for cue racks, having a rear wardly and downwardly inclined front edge, and having a laterally turned seat on its rear edge extending in a plane parallel with that of the front edge.

6. The combination with a cue rack, of a plurality of lifts mounted on the rack, and provided with keepers whereby all of, the lifts are adapted to interlock when in functional position.

7. The combination with a cue rack, of a plurality of lifts pivotally mounted on the rack in longitudinal alinement, each of said lifts having an inclined seat at its rear edge and having a keeper flange projecting from the seat, the forward end of each lift being inclined oppositely to the seat and adapted for projection between the rack and keeper flange of a forward lift, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE R. TREIBER.

Witnesses Lnwis L. MILLER, LETA E. COATS.

Washington, D. C. 

